Garment-closure.



PATENTE@ JULY 4, 195..

MENZL. GRMBNT GLOSURE.

APPLIOMIQN FILED D130. 6,1904.

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Patented .Tilly d, 1905.

tanni' NOEL llllrlllZlQ, OF Nllll" YORK, N.

SPECIFICATIN forming part of Letters Patent No. 793,891, dated July 4,1905.

Application liled December 6, 1901i. Serial No. 235,673.

To rf/Z/ whom t ill/(ty conceive:

lie it known that I, Noni'A MIQNZL, a citizen ot' the llnited States,residing at New York, in the county oi New York and State ot' Newli'ork, have invented certain new and uset'ul improvements inGarment-Closures, of which the following is a specilication.

,li/ly invention relates to garment-closures, and especially to thatclass oi garment-closures adapted ior securing the edges ot' a placket,ily, or the like.

.lhe object oi my invention is to provide a garmen t-closure which willliasten a garment quickly and securely and be at all times reliable.

l-l. further object of my invention is to provide a garment-closm'ewhich will occupy but little space between the secured edges and be butlittle liable to hurt the wearer.

fl further object of my invention is to proe vide a garmentclosure whichmay be cheaply made and yet possess almost unlimited wearing quality.

"With these and other objects in view the present invention consists inthe combination and arrangement of parts, as will be hereina'tter morefully described, shown in the accompanying drawings, and particularlypointed out in the appended claims, it being under stood that changes inthe form, proportion, size, and minor details may be made within thescope of the claims without departing' 'from the spirit or sacrilicingany oi2 the advantages oli' the invention.

,ln the drawings, Figure 1 is a view in elevation olE my improvedgarment-closure at tached to a garment. Fig. 2 isa top plan View ol.' myimproved garment-closure. Fig. 3 is a top plan view of a modified t'ormol. my garment-clesure with the button-head removed, showing the shankin section. lllig. el is a transverse sectional view ol my garvmenbclosu re, taken on line le i oi Fig. 3. Fig. is a view in sideelevation ol my improved garmentclosure with thc clasp member in liig. 3in section along line 5 5.

,liike characters ot reference designate corresponding parte throughoutthe several views.

lln its pre'lferred embodiment my improved garment-closure consists ol"a button l, pro

vided with any approved means for attaching to a garment, as the holes 2to receive thread `for sewing thereon. The button is provided with arigid shank and a head el.

A clasp member ior use in connection with the button member is providedwith an opening proportioned to permit the passage therethrough ot' thehead el of the button. rl`he clasp member is further provided with anopening 6 approximately the size oi the shank 3 ot the button member.The openings 5i and 6 are connected by a throat l somewhat smaller thanthe diameter olf the shank 3 ol? the button member. The clasp member isfurther provided with means for attaching to a garment, as the holes 55,adapted to receive thread 'for sewing. rll`he operation of my' immproved garment-closure is as follows: The button member is secured toone edge, as ol:l a placket, and the clasp member to the other edge,with the smaller opening 6 disposed out wardly. The clasp member ispassed over the button member by passing the head lol. the buttonthrough the opening 5. fl. sliding movement exerted upon the claspmember will cause it to snap over the shank 3, so that the head Al isdisposed between the clasp numiber and a portion of the garment to whichit is attached. rlhe spring of the clasp member will be sul'licient toretain the shank within the opening t until removed by a reversepressure.

lt is obvious that it is irmnaterial to my involition whether the claspmember be `Formed, from sheet I'netal, as shown in Fig. $3, or fromwire, as shown in ll'ig. E2, and that other lorms, constructions, orproportions may be substi tnted withou t departing from the spirit oi myinvention.

Having thus described my invention, what l claim as novel, and desire tosecure by Letu ters lfatont, is

il. il. garment-closure comprising a clasp member consisting olvl asiligle piece olI wire bent into the Jform olE two partially-closedloops oi" dillcrent size connected by a narrow throat-like passage, saidwire being also bent to `term eyes at each end ol the clasp member Vlorsecu ring tl le same to a garment and a shank l'OO carrying a headsomewhat smaller than the larger loop and larger than the smaller loop,said shank being so proportioned that it may be sprung through thethroat-like passage from one loop to the other and be removably retainedWithin the smaller loop.

Q. A garment-closure eomprisinga member having an opening adjacent toone end and a larger opening' adjacent to the other end, the twoopenings being' joined by a throat-like passage, said member havingmeans at each end thereof for attaching it to a garment, in combinationwith a shank Carrying a head somewhat smaller than the larger openingand NOEL MENZL.

lVitnesses:

ARTHUR E. MCCABE, R. G. KENNEDY, LnTrrIA NIKON.

